A Shot from the Past

Treasures… Their shine hypnotizes, robs you of reason—especially when the valuables are ownerless: money taken from the survivor of an airplane crash, or jewels hidden by a merchant who fled from the revolution. For them, clever adventurers are ready to do anything.

Anatoly Zharенov’s works are written in the best traditions of the detective genre, drawing in with surprising character and unexpected plot twists. The author pays attention not so much to the mechanics of investigation as to its psychology—he explores the life paths that brought the characters to their crimes.